Re: TclForth Notes: Always Compiling, Forth without STATE

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Date	2014-12-17 05:42 -0800
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Subject	Re: TclForth Notes: Always Compiling, Forth without STATE
From	the_gavino_himself <visphatesjava@gmail.com>

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On Wednesday, October 8, 2014 5:40:36 AM UTC-4, Wolf Wejgaard wrote:
> Classic (standard) Forth systems are remarkably consistent in using 
> techniques invented 40 years ago. For instance, the classic interpreter 
> still executes command lines word by word. I wonder why. Of course, it 
> works and everyone is used to it. But it does not have to be that way.
> 
> TclForth compiles the command line and then executes the compiled line. 
> If the command line is compiled it can handle immediate words. You can 
> enter lines like this
> 
>     1 begin dup 10 < if "*" else "&" then . 1+ dup 20 > until drop
> 
> 
> TclForth always compiles. Interpret is Compile and Execute.
> 
> If you need to calculate a value while compiling a definition, enclose 
> the calculation in square brackets as usual. The code inside the 
> brackets is compiled, then executed by ']' .
> 
> There are just two moments in the interpreter when code is executed: 
> end-of-command-line and ']'. Thus, STATE is obsolete, it is not tested.
> 
> And if there is no STATE to test, the immediate bit also makes little 
> sense. TclForth replaces immediate by Compiler.
> 
> Immediate words are now Compiler words that execute native Tcl code. - 
> Example:
> 
>     Compiler if
>         appendcode "if \[pop\]  \{\n"
> 
> Code and Colon words compile a call to their execution semantics. 
> Compiler words perform their compilation semantics.
> 
> --
> 
> I am still struggling with the text and welcome comments to clarify it.
> 
> Anyway: TclForth works and is available for inspection.
> 
> -- 
> Wolf Wejgaard
> http://holonforth.com

great name you have

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TclForth Notes: Always Compiling, Forth without STATE Wolf Wejgaard <wolf@holonforth.com> - 2014-10-08 11:40 +0200
  Re: TclForth Notes: Always Compiling, Forth without STATE albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2014-10-08 11:53 +0000
  Re: TclForth Notes: Always Compiling, Forth without STATE Wolf Wejgaard <wolf@holonforth.com> - 2014-10-08 17:41 +0200
    Re: TclForth Notes: Always Compiling, Forth without STATE Joachim Merkel <jm@7fun.de> - 2014-11-30 22:20 +0100
      Re: TclForth Notes: Always Compiling, Forth without STATE Wolf Wejgaard <wolf@holonforth.com> - 2014-12-04 16:54 +0100
        Re: TclForth Notes: Always Compiling, Forth without STATE m.a.m.hendrix@tue.nl - 2014-12-05 00:05 -0800
          Re: TclForth Notes: Always Compiling, Forth without STATE "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2014-12-04 22:47 -1000
            Re: TclForth Notes: Always Compiling, Forth without STATE Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2014-12-05 19:04 +0100
              Re: TclForth Notes: Always Compiling, Forth without STATE Wolf Wejgaard <wejgaard@gmail.com> - 2015-01-21 02:23 -0800
          Re: TclForth Notes: Always Compiling, Forth without STATE Wolf Wejgaard <wolf@holonforth.com> - 2014-12-06 08:53 +0100
            Re: TclForth Notes: Always Compiling, Forth without STATE mhx@iae.nl - 2014-12-06 00:21 -0800
        Re: TclForth Notes: Always Compiling, Forth without STATE Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2014-12-05 03:16 -0600
          Re: TclForth Notes: Always Compiling, Forth without STATE Wolf Wejgaard <wolf@holonforth.com> - 2014-12-06 09:31 +0100
            Re: TclForth Notes: Always Compiling, Forth without STATE Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2014-12-06 04:16 -0600
            Re: TclForth Notes: Always Compiling, Forth without STATE albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2014-12-06 10:40 +0000
            Re: TclForth Notes: Always Compiling, Forth without STATE anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2014-12-06 12:42 +0000
              Re: TclForth Notes: Always Compiling, Forth without STATE Wolf Wejgaard <wejgaard@gmail.com> - 2015-01-21 02:26 -0800
            Re: TclForth Notes: Always Compiling, Forth without STATE Joachim Merkel <jm412@gmx.de> - 2014-12-06 18:11 +0100
              Re: TclForth Notes: Always Compiling, Forth without STATE Joachim Merkel <jm@g7up.de> - 2014-12-06 18:25 +0100
              Re: TclForth Notes: Always Compiling, Forth without STATE Joachim Merkel <jm@7up.de> - 2014-12-06 18:42 +0100
            Re: TclForth Notes: Always Compiling, Forth without STATE mix <mix@test.net> - 2014-12-15 18:55 +0000
              Re: TclForth Notes: Always Compiling, Forth without STATE Coos Haak <chforth@hccnet.nl> - 2014-12-16 01:27 +0100
                Re: TclForth Notes: Always Compiling, Forth without STATE Coos Haak <chforth@hccnet.nl> - 2014-12-16 01:50 +0100
                Re: TclForth Notes: Always Compiling, Forth without STATE mix <mix@test.net> - 2014-12-16 05:04 +0000
                Re: TclForth Notes: Always Compiling, Forth without STATE Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2014-12-16 04:08 -0600
                Re: TclForth Notes: Always Compiling, Forth without STATE mix <mix@test.net> - 2014-12-16 23:32 +0000
                Re: TclForth Notes: Always Compiling, Forth without STATE "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2014-12-16 14:45 -1000
                Re: TclForth Notes: Always Compiling, Forth without STATE mix <mix@test.net> - 2014-12-17 06:01 +0000
                Re: TclForth Notes: Always Compiling, Forth without STATE "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2014-12-16 22:21 -1000
                Re: TclForth Notes: Always Compiling, Forth without STATE Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2014-12-17 02:24 -0600
                Re: TclForth Notes: Always Compiling, Forth without STATE "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2014-12-16 23:07 -1000
                Re: TclForth Notes: Always Compiling, Forth without STATE Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2014-12-17 08:21 -0600
                Re: TclForth Notes: Always Compiling, Forth without STATE "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2014-12-17 08:57 -1000
                Re: TclForth Notes: Always Compiling, Forth without STATE JennyB <jennybrien@googlemail.com> - 2014-12-17 04:52 -0800
                Re: TclForth Notes: Always Compiling, Forth without STATE anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2014-12-17 09:58 +0000
                Re: TclForth Notes: Always Compiling, Forth without STATE mix <mix@test.net> - 2014-12-18 04:11 +0000
                Re: TclForth Notes: Always Compiling, Forth without STATE mix <mix@test.net> - 2014-12-18 04:16 +0000
                Re: TclForth Notes: Always Compiling, Forth without STATE Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2014-12-17 02:11 -0600
                Re: TclForth Notes: Always Compiling, Forth without STATE stephen@mpeforth.com (Stephen Pelc) - 2014-12-17 13:17 +0000
                Re: TclForth Notes: Always Compiling, Forth without STATE Mark Wills <markwills1970@gmail.com> - 2014-12-17 06:24 -0800
        Re: TclForth Notes: Always Compiling, Forth without STATE Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2014-12-05 03:19 -0600
          Re: TclForth Notes: Always Compiling, Forth without STATE Wolf Wejgaard <wolf@holonforth.com> - 2014-12-06 09:31 +0100
            Re: TclForth Notes: Always Compiling, Forth without STATE Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2014-12-06 04:19 -0600
            Re: TclForth Notes: Always Compiling, Forth without STATE rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2014-12-08 01:14 -0500
  Re: TclForth Notes: Always Compiling, Forth without STATE the_gavino_himself <visphatesjava@gmail.com> - 2014-12-17 05:42 -0800

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